11 Amendments of Caroline LUCAS related to 2006/0136(COD)
Amendment 217 #
Recital 14
(14) In the interest of safety, the approval period for active substances should be limited in time. The approval period should be proportional to the possible risks inherent in the use of such substances. Experience gained from the actual use of plant protection products containing the substances concerned and any developments in science and technology should be taken into account when any decision regarding the renewal of an approval is taken. After the first renewal, a regular review of substances should take place.
Amendment 218 #
Recital 17
(17) Certain substances which are not predominantly used as plant protection products may be of value for plant protection, but the economic interest of applying for approval may be limited. Therefore, specific provisions should ensure that such substances, as far as their risks are deemed acceptable by all relevant stakeholders, may also be approved for plant protection use.
Amendment 219 #
Recital 25
Amendment 222 #
Recital 41
(41) To ensure that advertisements do not mislead users of plant protection products or the public, it is appropriate to lay down rules on the advertising of those products.
Amendment 225 #
Article 3 – point 23
23) "greenhouse" A walk-in, static, closed place of crop production with a usually translucent outer shell, which allows controlled exchange of material and energy with the surroundings and preventduces release of plant protection products into the environment. For the purpose of this Regulation, closed places of plant production where the outer shell is not translucent (e.g. for production of mushrooms or witloof) are also considered as greenhouses;
Amendment 230 #
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they shall not have any harmful effects on human health, including particular that of users who are in direct contact with the products, residents, bystanders and vulnerable groups, or animal health, taking into account known cumulative and synergistic effects where the methods to assess such effects are agreed, or on, or on surface water or groundwater;
Amendment 232 #
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) it shall have no immediate or delayed harmful effect on human health, in particular that of residents and bystanders and vulnerable groups, or animal health, directly or through drinking water (taking into account substances resulting from water treatment), food, feed or air, including in locations distant from its use following long-range transportation, or consequences in the workplace or through other indirect effects, taking into account known cumulative and synergistic effects where the methods to assess such effects are agreed; or on, or on surface water and groundwater;
Amendment 245 #
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) for each point of the data requirements for the plant protection product, the summaries and results of tests and studies, the name of their owner and of the person or institute that carried out the tests and studies, relevant to the assessment of the criteria provided for in Article 4(2) and (3) for one or more plant protection products which are representative of the uses referred to in point (a), taking into account the fact that any data gaps in the dossier, as provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article, resulting from the proposed limited range of representative uses of the active substance, mayshall lead to restrictions in the approvalnon-approval of the active substance;
Amendment 264 #
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraphs 2 a and 2 b (new)
The authorisation shall also include: (a) indications for proper use according to the principles of integrated pest management as defined in Article 3, to apply from 2012 onwards; (b) the obligation before the product is used to inform any neighbours who could be exposed to the spray drift and who have requested to be informed.
Amendment 293 #
Article 66 – paragraph 4
4. Advertisements shall not contain any visual representation of potentially dangerous practices, such as mixing or application without sufficient protective clothing, notr any use near food or use by or in the vicinity of children or residential or other public areas.
Amendment 325 #
Annex IV - point 1 – point (a)
(a) substitution shall be applied only where other methods or the chemical, including non-chemical methods of crop protection and pest prevention, or the diversity of the active substances is sufficient to minimise the occurrence of resistance in the target organism; and